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Gothmog

(144,833 posts)
Sat Feb 20, 2021, 01:14 AM Feb 2021

Cruz family's Cancun trip rattles their private school

We know how Heidi's texts were leaked. St. John's School brags about rejecting both W and Jeb. I was a college recruiting event with my oldest and the head of admissions at Yale played to the parents by explaining that W and Jeb were admitted to Yale as Legacies. Here, these parents will not want Carnival cruz's kids to go classes with their kids until after a quarantine




Three weeks before Sen. Ted Cruz embarked on his ill-fated Cancun trip to escape the aftermath of Texas’s devastating winter storm, the elite K-12 Houston private school attended by his two daughters emailed a Covid warning to parents about international travel.

The bottom line: St. John’s School students who travel internationally must quarantine for 7 to 10 days upon their return. And they won’t be able to even learn online while in isolation.

The rules, pegged to CDC guidelines, were sent Jan. 30 in reaction to a controversy that gripped the school after its winter break, when the 11th and 12th grade classes had to promptly quarantine because students attended holiday parties that led to multiple Covid-positive infections.

A divide had formed between the parents and students who followed the safety guidelines and those who flouted them — a microcosm of the broader societal conflict that plays out daily across the nation.
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Cruz family's Cancun trip rattles their private school (Original Post) Gothmog Feb 2021 OP
he's earned it for his kids.. Rt TY Cha Feb 2021 #1
Twitter reply : Rhiannon12866 Feb 2021 #2
Welp, there goes his World's Best Dad award (that he gave himself). Marie Marie Feb 2021 #3
LOL. Yup. nt SunSeeker Feb 2021 #4
His daughters are going to hate him even more now. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #5
Did she give the White Power sign? ret5hd Feb 2021 #6
She's either flicking a booger at him... or trying to pop him with her finger. NurseJackie Feb 2021 #8
I politely have another take on the daughter behavior. North Shore Chicago Feb 2021 #15
That's probably it, she was sick of being a prop for his campaign. nt. Mariana Feb 2021 #23
Imo, over the line accusing a child of hating her father. Does anyone know Hortensis Feb 2021 #7
Also being carried at what looks to be at least 10 years alphafemale Feb 2021 #11
Over the line, i.e., unacceptable, inappropriate. Hortensis Feb 2021 #20
I think she was seven when that happened. nt. Mariana Feb 2021 #21
Still WAY too old to be carried alphafemale Feb 2021 #25
I find nothing amusing about that, if true. cwydro Feb 2021 #10
A little off topic...but alphafemale Feb 2021 #9
Yes, but no one uses it because Rand Paul is always there Generic Brad Feb 2021 #17
Good point alphafemale Feb 2021 #19
When I heard about is trip, I wondered why he'd take his family travelling. MissMillie Feb 2021 #12
Some seem to think wealth, position, or religious proclamations bestow immunity. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2021 #13
That makes it even more mystifying that he used "I can't say no to my kids" as his first excuse. tanyev Feb 2021 #14
I can't understand why they aren't permitted to learn online dsc Feb 2021 #16
Many private schools have ridiculous rules that make no sense. nt. Mariana Feb 2021 #22
sadly my public school had an equally dumb rule dsc Feb 2021 #24
Aw come on. Ted is just trying to be a good dad. yellowcanine Feb 2021 #18
Jarvanka's kids were booted out of their elite school months ago for safety violations.... Hekate Feb 2021 #26
This amuses me LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2021 #27
Best not fuck around with St. John's School. Paladin Feb 2021 #28

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
8. She's either flicking a booger at him... or trying to pop him with her finger.
Sat Feb 20, 2021, 09:10 AM
Feb 2021

Although I understand her desire to NOT get near creepy Cruz... it's still very obvious that she's a brat.

North Shore Chicago

(3,296 posts)
15. I politely have another take on the daughter behavior.
Sat Feb 20, 2021, 10:04 AM
Feb 2021

I will not automatically call her a "brat" because of what is seen in a few second gif. We have absolutely no idea what goes on behind closed doors at the cruz residence. He may be absolutely the worst parent in the world, just faking seemingly to care on national t.v. Kids are perceptive, ted may only show attention to his family when the cameras are rolling.

I do not blame her for going ewwwww, he seems quite despicable.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
7. Imo, over the line accusing a child of hating her father. Does anyone know
Sat Feb 20, 2021, 08:21 AM
Feb 2021

what an angry child making that gesture at her father might mean? It looks like something girls in her school do.

 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
11. Also being carried at what looks to be at least 10 years
Sat Feb 20, 2021, 09:20 AM
Feb 2021

I could almost imagine

"Daddy! You must buy me a ticket to Cancun, NOW! DADDY!"

 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
9. A little off topic...but
Sat Feb 20, 2021, 09:15 AM
Feb 2021

Don't members of Congress/Senate have unlimited access to a top of the line gym?

MissMillie

(38,521 posts)
12. When I heard about is trip, I wondered why he'd take his family travelling.
Sat Feb 20, 2021, 09:21 AM
Feb 2021

I even said to my guy, "Why are people flying all over the place when there's still a pandemic?"

tanyev

(42,495 posts)
14. That makes it even more mystifying that he used "I can't say no to my kids" as his first excuse.
Sat Feb 20, 2021, 09:55 AM
Feb 2021

I asked for a pony lots of times when I was a little girl and my parents never had a problem telling me no.

dsc

(52,147 posts)
16. I can't understand why they aren't permitted to learn online
Sat Feb 20, 2021, 10:26 AM
Feb 2021

that makes very little sense to me.

dsc

(52,147 posts)
24. sadly my public school had an equally dumb rule
Sat Feb 20, 2021, 12:59 PM
Feb 2021

we banned our unvaccinated (for other diseases) from even doing online work. I am not sure what the new vaccine was that our people didn't have but there was one.

Hekate

(90,496 posts)
26. Jarvanka's kids were booted out of their elite school months ago for safety violations....
Sat Feb 20, 2021, 02:04 PM
Feb 2021

Other parents complained about the Maskless Duo being at all those WH activities.

Paladin

(28,241 posts)
28. Best not fuck around with St. John's School.
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 11:15 AM
Feb 2021
Anybody who's a Houston resident ought to know that, Senator Ted fucking Cruz very much included. It's just one dumbass move after another from this guy...
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